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[Rob <robo13@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Udo,
I have several Linux boot floppies that far exceed anything
a DOS boot floppy can do. They don't need any "famous" DOS
info tools, or any other DOS tools. I can surf the net, telnet,
ssh, and download email with them, all while multitasking.
They'll give me info on every piece of hardware connected and
spell out the parameters of each. They'll partition the hardrive
into different file systems including VFAT and DOS. I haven't
used any floppies tho in two years, no need, flashdrives hold
alot more data. I carry business card CDs in my wallet that
have complete OSs on them plus as many apps as a lot of desktops
and do complete repair and recovery of a downed system, including
DOS and windo$e, or pull data from a totally crapped system.
Also Linux has become BIG in the embedded market, far more
versatile, powerfull and reliable, than DOS. BTW, kernels too
big for a HD? Gimmee a break! Udo, you are always coming up
with some of the goofiest antiLinux propaganda that only someone
who doesn't use Linux, could ever hope to believe.
Rob

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On Wed, 7 May 2008, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

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> > DOS still has a future in the embedded market. Or has linux pushed dos
> > out there?
> No, I rather think DOS has pushed Linux out of the boot disk business -
> with kernel sizes that now exceed the capacity of even a HD disk, there
> is no way it will still boot from anything less than a ZIP or CD drive,
> meaning that it is no longer suitable for diagnosis purposes. If it ever
> was, that is - I don't recall seeing any version of the famous DOS
> system info tools for Linux. The same holds true for other tools, as I
> recently learned when I tried to run a famous partition manager for
> Linux on a mid '90s 486 PC; it simply did not run on that machine. ;-)
>
> Udo
>
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